The shadow in the forest seemed not to have expected its whereabouts to be discovered. With a whoosh, it darted away the instant it heard Xia Ping shout.
"Trying to run? Not a chance!"
A glint of coldness flashed in Xia Ping's eyes. He used Kunpeng Step, soaring like a great bird with wings spread and manipulating the currents of air. In the blink of an eye, he flew hundreds of meters and plunged into the forest.
He immediately spotted a graceful figure among the trees. She had a curvaceous, strikingly alluring figure and seemed to be a woman capable of bringing ruin to a kingdom.
"Ah!"
The woman apparently hadn't expected Xia Ping to catch up so quickly. She let out a startled cry and fled at once, pushing off the ground as though she were stepping on air and generating a powerful blast of wind.
In an instant, she had covered more than a hundred meters and broken the sound barrier.
She had no wings, yet seemed to stroll through midair, as if the air had solidified into steps beneath her feet. She walked through the sky with ease.
Her movement technique had also reached an extraordinary level. Even deep in the forest, with countless trees in her way, nothing could slow her down.
With the slightest movement, she flashed past them.
"What incredible speed."
Xia Ping was a little astonished. He had encountered plenty of experts, but he had never seen anyone move this fast. She was the swiftest among her peers he had ever met.
Still, he pursued her relentlessly, using Kunpeng Step to catch up in an instant.
His footwork differed from that of the mysterious woman. Hers was graceful and precise; Xia Ping's was brutal, like a divine Kunpeng crushing everything in its path.